Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-01-15
TOths Farmers OF Montgomery counyt.

with your corn, wheat and tobacco
crops-and at the end OF every year your
crops are sold for barely enough to pay
current expenses of the farm. You
are therefore growing poorer at least
to the extent, to which your land is de-
creasing in fertility. This is the rule
with our farmers, to which there are
few exceptions. These exceptions are
those who SOW their laws in clover and
other grasses, rotating their crops, so
that at least one-third of their land is
used for meadows and pastures. These
exceptions seldom il ever, have to pro
cure advances upon their crops-and
their bank accounts generally, balance
in their favor.
The present low prices of wheat and
tobacco ought to inculcate lesson which
should result in great benefit to you.
1t should induce you to plant less
tobacco and SOW less wheat and having
a surplus of land, common sense will
dictate to you to put that surplus in
grass. Where your land is wanting in
fertility, plow it and harrow it thorough
ly and SOW it in clover. You don't
need oats and wheat, on land for clover,
itdoes better without either and is not
liable to be killed by the July sun,
as is the case when the shade OF the
wheat and oats is taken from 1T by
harvesting. Wher. your land is in
moderately fertile condition you can
mix orchard grass, red top and timothy
with your clover, which will give you
both meadow on pasture for years to
come.
Having meadows and pastures you
will be induced to turn part of your
attention to live stock. We have as
good grass land as can be found in any
other portion of this State or Kentucky
and there is no reason why we should not
become as noted for fine stock as any
other portion of Tennessee. Lands in
Davidson and Maury counties, no better
than ours, have been brought to high
state of fertility by the various grasses
and the grazing Of stock and these lands
have market value OF from forty to
to one hundaed dollars per acre.
While our lands can hardly be sold
at more than from five to twenty dollars
per acre. Northern capital and North
ern farmers are looking South for the
advantages which our milder climate
affords, but Montgomery county will
not reap the benefit OF this comming
tide, unless her farmers will SOW their
lands in grass and show that our soil
is adrpted to stock raising as we'll as
other sections now more favored. In
turning your attention to stock raising,
don't forget that the scrub always
commands the price of scrub, while
it costs no more to raise we'll bred
horse, hog, sheep or cow, than it does
scrub or mongrel. In breeding your
mares, first consider what you want.
If you want mule, select the largest
and best Jack that you can find even
though you pay dollar or two more
for the season.
Do you want to raise a draft horse.
Select Norman or Clydesdale Stallion
if one is to be found. A large mule
commands much larger price than a
medium mule while half breed Ciydes
and Normans are much sought after
and make splendid horses for both
heavy and light work. The stock
which has enriched so many Kentucky
farmers is the trotter and the thorough
breds. The one being used more es-
pecially for the turf, while the other is
an all purpose animal. The trotting
horse Is commanding more attention
to day than any live animal in existence
and is destined to occupy higher
position than any OF the equine species.
Decending from, Ham mbletonian Mann
brino Chief, Clay, American Star,
Pilot Jr., and similar families, be
comes to us harness animal adapted to
both heavy and light work and fills his
place upon the farm, and in the carriage
as well as upon the track. The trotting
horse has standard register, and every
standard bred stallion is registered
and has his number assigned him.
Without this number you can rest
assured he is not standard. You can
begin now to breed your mares to
standard horses and in few years.
our country will be filled with we'll bred
and even standard bred trotting horses
such as will sell for more than twice
as much as animals OF unknown pedi-
grees Kill all OF the scrub and grade
bulls and buy pure bred animals. If
you want to breed beef cattle, get a
registered short horn bull9 Should